The head of Russia's transportation watchdog organization told lawmakers that 2,000 Russian flights were performed last year using expired parts.
on Russia as punishment. These sanctions have sought to limit Moscow's ability to obtain and build weapons, but they also have curtailed shipments of parts needed for the country's automotive and aviation industries.
A view of the terminal D of Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport on January 17, 2020. Years after this photograph was taken, Russia was hit with sanctions that limited its access to aircraft parts.reported that Basargin told the lawmakers that despite having limited access to obtaining certain new aircraft components, the civil aviation of the Russian Federation"is fulfilling its task of uninterrupted delivery of passengers.
Despite these Western parts making their way into the country, Russian aircraft have nonetheless flown with"violations that directly affect flight safety," Basargin reportedly said.The newspaper wrote that the Rostransnadzor official did not specify whether his figures for the the 2,000 flights that were performed with expired parts referred to commercial flights or all types of air travel.also noted that Russia's state air traffic management corporation served 1.
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